# Architectural Engineering Research Group

**Source**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/groups/architectural-engineering
**Parent**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/networks/artificial-intelligence-and-data

Group Leader(s):
[Dr Shahaboddin Resalati](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/shahaboddin-resalati)

Contact:

[sresalati@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:sresalati@brookes.ac.uk)

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## About us

The Architectural Engineering Research Group is an interdisciplinary group working in the field of sustainability and building physics. The group is involved in both pure and 'close to industry' research with a wide portfolio of UK, European and international activities.

Our research experience and expertise include: solar thermal, thermal and electric storage systems, passive/active architectural cooling systems and environmental and economic assessment of products and services.

The group benefits from a dedicated laboratory offering mechanical/thermal physical testing including solar simulators, climatic chamber, and an advanced renewable technologies recycling centre. The group also offers computer-based simulations including computational fluid dynamics, structural finite element analysis (mechanical/thermal), building thermal/energy efficiency simulations, buildings services simulations and general optimisation studies.

[Visit our Technology Lab](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/groups/architectural-engineering/architectural-technology-laboratory)

### Part of

- [School of Architecture](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/structure-and-governance/faculties-and-schools/architecture "School of Architecture")
- [Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/institutes/oxford-institute-for-sustainable-development-oisd)

### Related courses

- [Architecture (MPhil / PhD / PhD by Practice / PhD by Published Work / Research Degree involving Creative Work)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/architecture)

## Leadership

### Dr Shahaboddin Resalati

- [sresalati@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:sresalati@brookes.ac.uk )

Reader in Sustainable Architecture

[View profile  for Shahaboddin Resalati](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/shahaboddin-resalati)

## Membership

Staff members
Research students
Collaborators

- Staff
- Students
- Collaborators

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### Staff

| Name | Role | Email |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Dr Paul Henshall](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/paul-henshall) | Associate Professor | [phenshall@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:phenshall@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Dr Amani Maalouf](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/amani-maalouf) | Post-doc Researcher in Environmental Science and Engineering | [amaalouf@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:amaalouf@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Tobechi Okoroafor](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/tobechi-okoroafor) | Post-Doctoral Researcher in Environmental Science and Engineering | [Tobechi Okoroafor](mailto:Tobechi Okoroafor) |
| [Professor Nicholas Whitehouse](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/nicholas-whitehouse) | Visiting Professor, MBE for contribution to the Building Industry | [nicholaswhitehouse@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:nicholaswhitehouse@brookes.ac.uk) |

## Projects

Active projects
Completed projects

- Active projects
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### Active projects

| Project title and description | Investigator(s) | Funder(s) | Dates |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[PERSEUS: Printed Perovskite Solar Cells for Large Area User Applications](https://www.perseus-project.eu)**  PERSEUS focuses on advancing renewable energy by developing and scaling perovskite-based solar cells (PSCs), a cutting-edge solar technology known for its low cost, high power-to-weight ratio, and impressive efficiency of 27% at the lab scale. The project tackles key challenges in transitioning PSCs from small-area cells to large-scale modules.     By creating blueprints for large-scale production, PERSEUS will help make solar energy more accessible and sustainable, ensuring that Europe remains at the forefront of clean energy innovation. | [Dr Shahaboddin Resalati](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/shahaboddin-resalati) | [Horizon Europe](https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon-europe_en#:~:text=Horizon Europe is the EU's,runs parts of the programme "Horizon Europe") | From: January 2025  Until: December 2027 |
| **[SolMates: Scalable High-Power and Low-Cost Made-to-Measure Tandem Solar Modules (solar panels) Enabl](https://solmates-project.eu/about)**  SolMates aims to provide a novel industrial, scalable technology for producing flexible, durable, and made-to-measure solar panels. This could lead to more versatile and powerful solar energy solutions in the future. | [Dr Shahaboddin Resalati](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/shahaboddin-resalati) | [Horizon Europe](https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon-europe_en#:~:text=Horizon Europe is the EU's,runs parts of the programme "Horizon Europe") | From: January 2023  Until: December 2026 |

## Research expertise

Building physics including:

- thermal, structural and air-tightness testing and analysis
- modern methods of construction and prefabrication
- electric and thermal storage systems
- construction and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- sustainable building design
- building envelope systems
- product and systems development
- CAD and computer modelling

[Visit our Technology Lab](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/Research/Units/TDE/Groups/Architectural-Engineering/Architectural-Technology-Laboratory)

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